Dana Rohrabacher actually said...

"It is a good idea to have several sources for gas and several sources for the vital minerals and materials."

"Competition is good for people's standard of living, and as we have found out in the United States."

"the government is here to protect us, and quite often, the government is there to protect us until we--you know, and protecting us to death."

"Thank you very much, Mr. Chairman, and thank you for holding this hearing and simulating a national discussion on fracking, as well as the whole concept of regulation and of energy, et cetera."